Music Industry
Spotify dubs itself the “the $11 billion+ growth engine” in latest Loud & Clear update
Spotify has updated its Loud & Clear website with 2025 stats, including that it paid more than $11 billion into the music industry last year, with more than 1500 artists now making more than a million a year on the platform. But will the big stats help placate Spotify critics in the music community?
Bad Bunny beats copyright lawsuit over 'Enséñame a Bailar' sample
Producer's copyright claim over 'Un Verano Sin Ti' track ends in dismissal. Source
Here Is Every Woman of the Year at Billboard's Women in Music Awards
Billboard's 2025 Women in Music Awards will be held live on April 29.
The MLC and Pandora clash in opposition briefs as mechanical royalties battle nears decisive stage
Both filings landed in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Source
HUNTR/X Singers EJAE, AUDREY NUNA & REI AMI Are Billboard's 2026 Women of the Year
The KPop Demon Hunters trio topped the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks as the voices behind the "Golden" girl group.
Live Nation Settlement, Dionne Warwick Lawsuit, Bad Bunny Victory & More Top Music Law News
In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, Live Nation cuts a deal, Dionne strikes back, Bad Bunny wins a case and much more.
The Knife’s Olof Dreijer Signs to Dirty Hit, Readies Debut Solo Album
Loud Bloom arrives May 8 via the label’s electronic imprint, DH2
Violet Grohl Sets Release Date For Debut Album, 'Be Sweet To Me'
The news comes a week after the daughter of Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl landed her first charting single with "Thum."
Artist & Label Services Consultants Are Multiplying Rapidly. How Do You Know They’re Legit? (Guest Column)
When it comes to choosing professionals to support their careers, independent artists are spoiled for choice. Here’s what they should look for.
Behind The Campaign: Breathe
Australian electronic duo Breathe released their debut album, For Your Darkest Days, on 30 October. Except they were originally planning to just release singles; so the project shifted in the early stages to become both a catalogue campaign and a new album campaign with the involvement of music dist
Bad Bunny Wins Dismissal of Sample-Clearance Lawsuit
Nigerian artist Dera and his label failed to pursue their claim over “Enséñame a Bailar”
Chart Rewind: In 2006, Josh Turner’s ‘Your Man’ Became His First Hot Country Songs No. 1
The single also made for the initial chart-topper for a rising songwriter named Chris Stapleton.
Is Suno the Music Industry's Biggest Nightmare — or Greatest Hope?
Inside the AI company showing, for better or worse, what the future of consumption and creation could look like.
How Suno's AI Model Is Disrupting the Music Business With CEO Mikey Shulman | Billboard On The Record
Suno is now generating 7 million songs a day — how will that change the music industry? Mikey Shulman, CEO and cofounder of Suno, joins Billboard On The Record to explain how he built the popular — but controversial — AI music company. Suno can generate new songs in seconds, and it has become the […
AI-generated virtual actor Tilly Norwood is releasing music
While the music industry was getting its pants in a twist last year about AI project The Velvet Sundown, similar unrest was afoot in the film and TV world over the unveiling of AI-generated ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood. Actors and their unions protested vociferously, and the first project featuring Norwood
Music-investment report tracks confidence of catalogue buyers
The initial boom in sales of music catalogues was followed by suggestions that the bubble had popped. However, in recent months there appears to have been an un-popping as deals heated up again and new investors appeared waving their wallets. That confidence is reflected in a new ‘Music Investment B
Bon Jovi Biopic on Deck From Studio Behind 'Straight Outta Compton' and '8 Mile'
Lead singer Jon Bon Jovi is reportedly on board and Universal Pictures will have access to band's legendary catalog.
Fashion designer wins 16-year trademark dispute with Katy Perry
“This case has never just been about a name,” the designer said. “It has been about protecting small business in Australia”
PRS for Music Sues Valve, Accusing Steam of Hosting Unlicensed Music
The U.K. collecting society says it has spent "many years" attempting to negotiate a licensing agreement with the gaming platform.
“Spotify is the highest-paying retailer globally - paying the music industry more than $11 billion in 2025”: Spotify reveals how much it actually pays out to musicians in its new Loud & Clear report
The numbers might be a surprise to those who have previously bemoaned the financial dynamics of the streaming giant